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Moreover in the course of His teaching He said, "Be on your guard against the Scribes who like to walk about in long robes and to be bowed to in places of public resort,
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and to occupy the best seats in the synagogues and at dinner parties,
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and who swallow up the property of widows and then mask their wickedness by making long prayers: these men will receive far heavier punishment."
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Having taken a seat opposite the Treasury, He observed how the people were dropping money into the Treasury, and that many of the wealthy threw in large sums.
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But there came one poor widow and dropped in two farthings, equal in value to a halfpenny.
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So He called His disciples to Him and said, "In solemn truth I tell you that this widow, poor as she is, has thrown in more than all the other contributors to the Treasury;
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for they have all contributed out of what they could well spare, but she out of her need has thrown in all she possessed--all she had to live on."